Its taken a while for me to see that one of the things that Jesus did so much of that I don’t do (along with other things) is practice Justice. For Morée and I this is a picture of Justice. Some people scoff at that. Some people say we should support industry(Agribusiness) because its “American” [...]
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RIP MJ
I got a text message this weekend while being amazed watching the new Star Trek. It read, “Michael Jackson Died!”. I thought that was crazy news but I didn’t really follow up on it till I got back to work yesterday. I caught up yesterday with all the Michael Jackson news I was missing. That’s [...]
Ecological Intelligence
The video the Story of Stuff has had a great impact on culture. Author of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman has taken note and he wrote a book called “Ecological Intelligence, How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything“. That particular concept of Daniel Goleman’s recently was celebrated by “Time Magazine” as [...]
Up To Date
I really enjoyed Up To Dates timley discussion about Religion and Politics. Take a listen.
Leaving the exile of the American Diet
There has been a lot of talk in theological circles about “exile”. (Most notably Rob Bell but also Tim Keel has an article mentioning similar thoughts.) Historically this has been in reference to Israel but also in modern history to salvation in Christianity. I’ve been wondering lately if by emphasising on salvation and neglecting other [...]
Stop the useless ethanol
A new study coming out of Duke University asserts that if reducing greenhouse gases is the goal, then leaving land unfarmed and set aside in conservation reserves would be better than expanding the planting of corn and making ethanol from it… Duh!
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Man-Cession
According to today’s BLS labor report, the gap between the male jobless rate (8.3%) and female jobless rate (6.7%) widened to 1.6%, which is the largest male-female jobless rate gap in BLS history (back to 1948).
Everyone knows somebody who has lost a job recently. Are they all men? Apparently. My brother is in an [...]
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